Positive Marijuana Research Database
As more states enact cannabis (marijuana) laws, concerns arise about potential impacts on the safety of highway driving in these localities. The National Bureau of Economic Research conducted an analysis designed to seek if there was a causal effect on traffic fatalities in Colorado and Washington following marijuana legalization. They state that when using a […]
Data from state level death certificates and an analysis of marijuana (cannabis) laws from all 50 states were examined from 1999-2010. The goal was to search for any relationship between the legalization of medical marijuana and opioid overdose. This study found that states which had medical marijuana laws in place had a 24.8% lower average […]
In the world of substance use, most of them are associated with the potential for harm and death due to overdose. But what about cannabis? In this study a comparative risk assessment of alcohol, tobacco, heroin, cocaine, opiates, amphetamine type stimulants, benzodiazepines, ecstasy, and marijuana was conducted using the margin of exposure approach. Margin of […]
The leading cause of death among Americans ages 5-34 is traffic fatalities. Alcohol is certainly considered to be a contributing factor. By 2013, nineteen states had passed medical marijuana laws. This study determined that the first full year following legalization of cannabis (marijuana) that traffic fatalities decline by 8-11%. It is hypothesized that some substitute […]
As more states re-allow their inhabitants to use the natural plant marijuana (cannabis), some who grew up with the prohibition mentality are concerned that fatalities from automobile accidents will rise as a result. The authors of this study used the US Fatality Analysis Reporting System to determine the annual numbers of motor vehicle crash fatalities […]
Workplace fatalities by state and year were obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for all 50 states and the District of Columbia for the years of 1992-2015. Historically, there was increasing concern that legalizing marijuana (cannabis) would make the workplace more dangerous, although little was known. The study published in October of 2018 in […]